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Background: Agnam-Goly

Project background

  • A wise use of the Internet for community development

    My name is Adama DIOP. I'm from Agnam-Goly, a Sahelian village in north-eastern Senegal with a population of 3,143 inhabitants. The village is located in the Matam Region, approximately 630 kilometers (390 miles) to the northeast of Dakar, on the bank of the Senegal River.
    I used Wikipedia the first time in 2007 for educational purposes while I was studying in Cheikh Anta DIOP university of Dakar.

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Village facts

  • Agnam-Goly: History and social organization

    Agnam-Goly is a Sahelian village in north-eastern Senegal with a population of 3,143 inhabitants. The village is located in the Matam Region, approximately 630 kilometers (390 miles) to the northeast of Dakar, on the bank of the Senegal River.

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  • PELLITAL: a sustainable poverty-fighting method among rural women !

    Agnam-Goly is an ancient village bordering the Sahara desert in Senegal, West Africa. Its 3,143 inhabitants make a living from herding cattle and farming the banks of the Senegal river. The women of Agnam-Goly supplement their familes' incomes by running their own small enterprises. Most of them earn less than two dollars a day.
    Pellital means "commitment" in Fulani, the language spoken in Agnam-Goly. Pellital links the women of Agnam-Goly with the users of Facebook. Here's how it works:

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